Vote. No, really. If people actually fucking voted, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
You would think that, but the reality is probably that out if everyone who didn’t vote you would get an even spread so they really don’t make that big of a difference. Take other countries where voting is compulsory like Brazil and Argentina and they also elected extreme right clowns.
Ok, so serious answer for our friends who don’t live in places without an active culture of protest:
Vote. No, really. If people actually fucking voted, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Give money to advocacy organizations
Give your time and money to mutual aid organizations
Read the news (not just on lemmy either)
CALL your congresspeople. Emails and letters are better than nothing, but do not have the same impact.
Try to get your friends to do #1-5
You would think that, but the reality is probably that out if everyone who didn’t vote you would get an even spread so they really don’t make that big of a difference. Take other countries where voting is compulsory like Brazil and Argentina and they also elected extreme right clowns.
How’s giving money going to help when it would take a million of me to counter a single billionaire?
We don’t need to match a billionaire. We just need to finance lawyers and advocates to work on our behalf.
As bad as things are now, think about how much quicker things would devolve without organizations like planned parenthood, the EFF, and the ACLU.